The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT nF 411 E PU iLIC iotrn,NAL§. An interesting letter from al. Galiano, a distill . guished and enlightened Spanish patriot, will be found in our Paper of this day. The writer repels with just warmth, and on the authority of indisputed facts, nn ill-considered imputation upon his eountryMen, whkh Appeared Some days ago in ,a weekly Journal, which ascribed to all the Spaniards that they were " to a man the victims of bigotry and superstition," &c. &c. Aainst a charge so sweeping and extraor dinary M. Galiano contents hiniSelf With arraying : the history' of the growth of the late Spanish Constitution, which, from the, Ist of January, 1820, when the cry of liberty was first heard in a little nook of the Penni , sula, it struggled through innumerable difficulties, and by the 9th of March following, (scarcely more thioi two mouths,) had spread itself - so completely through the various provinces, and gained such tits ascendancy over all his foes, that the honest roan Ferdinand VII. found himself compelled .to swear fidelity to it. This be it recollected, was exclusively a Spanish constitu tion, suggested, received, fostered, and enforced, by Spaniards ouly,.whhout die slightest hadl, al most added, without, o much as sympathy from fo reign nations., This constitution held its ground for three years t a ga i ns t the known hatred of the King, 'who hr.,. .A sworn to maintain it--against the machine- . of the Monks and courtiers, and serviles, in very province—against a military insurrection at Madrid, paid for by a malversation of the public money, and encouraged by the same subtle and worth less King, with the-princes and minions of his family —against, in short, the intrigues, the artifices, and in ' eentives of every abolute Government in Europe. It was only after an insurrection fomented by money and:by fanaticism, and diligently organized through. out the territories bordering on France, had been followed by an invading, army to the amount of 100,000 Frenchmen, and by the base treason of a number of Spanish Generals, placed for the purpose in . corea an d o f the troops, by Ferdinand and his per li'Llous advisers, that the constitution fell under this confederate, power of deception, bribery, treason,-and foreign force„ But, it is not in the single quarter of which M. Galiano has complained, that we are sen sible of injury having been offered to the Spanish cha racter, and a positive disparagement to the cause of freedom in Spain, by a manifest depreciation of the strength and prospects of the constitutional party.' 7 --- Mr. Canning: himself has, inadvertently no doubt, countenance to rumours, absolutely, as we are convinced, unfounded, that 44 a vast majority" of the people of Spain arc in love with arbitrary power. In pursuing the natural course of this impression; a se ' eonclitry mis-statement into which the Right lion. Clentleinan has been led, is that which assigns to the French occupying army, the honour of protecting the Constitutional Spaniards front the vengeance of their fanatical enemies. Now, in our hearts, we are bound to say, that we neither regard the Spanish Liberals as constituting a weak minority of the nation ; nor ctuf we conceive an error more preposterous than that of asserting ; that the troops of France perfbrm any such pacific functions as those ascribed to them by the Fo reign Secretary for Great Britain, The French troops occupy five or six points of the Peninsula, with inter of hundreds of miles between them. ' - By what Imwei of übiquity, then, let us ask, could a body of police men, ,so cooped up in seperate and distinct prittee . t the lives properties of inhabitants ispersed through all parts of the country? Again France has on more than (ale occasion threatened the Court of Madrid to 'withdraw the foreign soldiers, if somewhat more of moderation and wisdom were not exhibited by the Camarillit in its proceedings, what was the meaning of such a threat—its plain and unquestionable meaning Wll6 it not this? " Do as we advise, or we will take away your present pre teeters." On the supposition of the Right Honourable Gentleman, the withdrawal of the French troops would be, not the retreat of a Power by which the despotism of Ferdinand was defended, but Of it force by which his hands were restrained. Then, why, we wilt further s was not this menace of the Cabinet of the Tuileries. put la execution Why were not the troops actually Withdrawn ? Because Ferdinand and his Minister* Were frightened out of their lenses, and implored that their military guardians should not be taken away from them. Had Ferdinand agreed with those who assume that the. Constiuttiotudists are feeble, and their enemies powerful, would he have besought • the French 'Cabinet to postpone a measure Which must place the friends of freedom at his mercy? . Would he net more naturally 'have exclaimed, " get out of kingdoM as fast as your legs can carry, you ; I fear nothing; my own partisans are so'much stronger than thoSe of a free Con stitution, that but for your instrusive presence we should not leave one of these villainous liegros aliVe." To us, we confess, the fact is perfeetly clear, that it is not in tender mercy to the Liberals', but to their tyrannical persecutors, we find Ferdinand 'so anxious for what any other Sovereign would feel to be a mortification and disgrace,—the con tinuance of a band of foreign troops in the heart of his da, minions. Had the Mends of a Spanish Constitution been gainers by the presence of the force Which destroyed it, that force, Mr; Canning . nmqt, W e think, : on fUrther reflec tion, be convinced, would !Ong ego haVe commenced ire march across the Pyrcnees.-- , Thres. • The death of Buonaparte may be regarded as one of the greatest mistOrtunea that could have befalleo this country. But tor that; Spain would not have been invaded in 1823 by the ,Psucli troops, nor would England have been called upon at 'this moment to spend large sums of money in defending Portugal. A menace from the British Govermnent would have thrown the French Court and Clergy into consternation, and made them as eiffmnissive as in 1815, when. the Crown was placed a second time on the head of Louie XVIII, The Clergy, -we have no doubt,: are the.eause and mainspring of all this commotion. Even previous to Buonaparte s deatktherhegan to show' a little of the spirit which animates t tem. After that general mis.; 610118 were instituted in France,- Christian burial was refused or granted, at the will of tlie Perish Priest; the people were prohibited from enjoying their usual amusements on holydays,..and every attempt was made to recover thet_power_which they possessed in die darkest _eges. ,;No attempt, however, eats be m ore vain. We believe the great body of the peopl e are , as averse to clerical power and influence as the, _U.., tisitwera to the ',pretensions and claims of J - ainee and his party ; and, if the King should persevere', iii censidting` their interests and following their plans,: vie should not wonder if the result were the same., The situation of France, for some; years past, has had a wonderful similarity to that of England'afier the Reatoration. Charles 11, and Louis - xym., thou -h secretly: *dot,. to restore Chnrch anA - -tate tothe condition in winch they were previous to the Revolu tion, had neither the bigotry nor the folly to oppose , Openly die almost unanimous wishes of th e i r su bj ec t s .' 'The brothers, on Coining to the _throne, for a short imitated the conduct of their predecissors. Thera ,witeifie,atrongest. prejudice against both p rev i o u s t o . that time, yet, by their promises anddeclarationss they, so far gained on the good-will'of the that :M.- &cuss came from quarters full of duty-4ay, of the most servile adulation - . - The bigotry of James IL incited 'and abetted by .the Priests and Jesuits, induced hini to pursue measures which were at first secretly disapproved of, but which at length drove the people into open rebellion, and banished him and his de scendants for ever from England. What influence the Jesuits may have on Charles X. we do not pretend to say ; but there is, no doubt, a great number of the French people who think it paramount to all others, and their hatred and jealousy of the sect are propor tionally great. The late disturbances at R ouen an d Lyons displayed as much bitterness and animosity /Against them as ever were displayed - in England, and nothing but the well-grounded dread that they had gained a footing within the palace, and were concoct ing plans rot their own aggrandizement, and not for the general good, could have driven to such excesses a people naturally submissive to their King. For the peace of Europe and the world, we hope those who are the primary causes of these partial 'dis turbances will take warning in time. If they were not blinded by bigotry, experience would point out to them the dangerous consequences. If owing to their advice a change of Ministry should take place in France, it would hardly be possible to avoid a war with Great Britain. A love of change, and a dislike among certain classes to this country, might make it popular at first, but when people began to miss the thousands and tens of thousands that are yearly spent in France by Englishmen, when their re viving commerce, and perhaps their Navy were again anni hilated, and the conscription, with other horrors of war, anew established, they would see the folly of submitting to such hardships, merely for the sake of putting down liberal opinions, and elevating a sect which they cordially detest. Under such circumstances any serious disaster might make them consult their own interests, and imitate, not for the first time, the conduct of the people of England in their treatment of Kings. These, we confess, are the best grounds of hope that the peace of Europe will not be dis turbed. However anxious certain persons may be of car rying their measures, either by . Jesuitical or open "means, when they come to the brink of the gulf they will think twice before they plunge into a war, the consequence of which to them, and to the world, no human being can foresee.—Morning Herald. " The public Papers," says Lord Chief Justice Best, " instead:Of . conveying useful and pleasing in formation, were made the vehicles of conveying to the innocent and the unwary a knowledge of every trick and every degrading and disgusting exhibition to be found among the lowest and worst portion of society." This observation followed his answer to Mr. Sergeant Wilde's qualified defence of Police Reports, that " he was surprised to bear that Learned Gentleman, who had been so long acquainted with the administration of justice, should express an opinion that Police Re ports had ever been attended with any but bad conse quences ;" so that it appears the Learned Lord,Chief- Justice 'obects to Police Reporting on a pri nc ipl e Which wou ld exclude froth newspapers Reports .of the proceedings of all Courts whatsoever, civil as well as criminal. "The Lawyer," it is said in a popular novel (attributed to the present Editor of The Qudr /ed.,/ Review, himself a Lawyer), "feeds his eyes, almost without exception, on the dark Side of the tablet. All men and women ,too are mean when they go to law. Persons who in general life are even distinguished f o r generosity, sink scruples when the litiscothestation is fairly begun, and say, "in war all is fair." Accordingly, who ever talked with an old Lawyer, without perceiving his thorough be lief in the universal depravity of the species ?" If, therefore, we wish to make newspapers vehicles for conveying exclusively " useful and pleasing information," in the sense of the Lord Chief. oTus tice Best, we must never allow a Reporter to enter the polluted atmosphere of a Court. Newspapers should confine the:MOTS to the conveying useful and agreeable information !" Agreeable to whom ? To the individuals, of course, of whom any thing is related. That is a condition sine qua non. It must always be kept in mind that by the Judge-made-law, " it is a Crime for any man to write any thing which it happens to any other mean not to like ; so that as the information to be conveyed must be agreeable to the individual of.whorn any thing is related, it must also be useful only to him, because the condition of being useful to others Would be incompatible with this sine qua non of being agreeable to him. Let us examine a little more closely the sort: of matter with which, when the Press shall be a perfect exemplification of liberty, purified from it excesses, Newspapers will be filled. Here a Contemporary, The laaminer, has anticipated us; and we cannot do better than copy the Model which it has furnished to the public " What, according to judge Best, is the liberty of the press? To circulate useful information through the country.' But what is this permissible information? It clearly must be an in formation which does not offend any one in any way, or ' infringe on the offices of Courts of Justice.' The Parliamentary Reports, the Law Reports, the Police Reports, ivouhl not come under this description, as they all contain matter offensive to particular indi viduals; nor would any discussions on public events and the actors in them. The liberty of the press, then, we conceive, is the liberty of publishing 'the useful information, for example, that 'an extraordinary large turnip was lately grown in the garden of. Mr. James Dobson, of Eaat Stoke, in the parish of Rottenden, in the county of Wilts; it weighed 37 lbs. and 14 oz. and measured sixty-two inches in circumference.' It is the liberty of the press to announce to the world that ' a peal of triple bob majors, in the key of D, was rung round by the ringers of parish, in the short Space. of thirteen minutes and two seconds; and that the tenor weighed 1 cwt. 14 lbs.' It is the liberty of the press to give to the world the useful information, that 'yesterday his Ma jesty came to town, and returned to Windsor in the evening.' It is its licentiousness to say, that 'his Majesty is not in the bloom of youth and beauty,' and that 'he anasures more than the span of an eagle's talon in the waist.' It is the liberty of the press to say that Chief Justice Best is a Judge eminent for the evenness of his temper, and the profundity of hie legal attainments, and re markable for the urbanity of his manners and the peculiar graces of his conversation.'" it is odd enough, that the time chosen for placing the Press of this country in complete•accordance with the pure principles of the Holy Alliance, should be that in which the Arch-Radical, Canning, as he is styled in the French Ultra-Papers, should be threaten ing to stir up , all the Jacobins of Europe against legi timate Governments I When will wonders cease ?--- It is not, however, unnatural, that the Press, spoiled as it has been by thirty years' licentiousness—by thirty years' employment in the degrading and disgusting work, of conveying to the unwary and innocent a knowledge of tricks and frauds--should be a little re fractory for a time. We learn that stomachs habituated to poisons loathe wholesome food ; and, reasoning from analogy, why should we be surprised that Lord Chief Justice Best's pure doctrines should be unpalatable to stomachs vitiated by the stimulants against which he has directed his virtuous indignation ? The following letter appeared in the Times of yesterday, from one of the Juryme n in the case :—. 1 11441,16 V. W11E1.0014. Sig"—morn li 4 044 to set tba puhlie.mind right in reference i n the Co mmon Picts, to the verdict of the Jury in the case of id Harris V. Wheldon," for libel, short explanation, which will on Thursday last, 1 beg GO offer a refute many of the remarks mad e upon the madell". 4 PNtectiort afforded by Juries to the press, in the discharge of its fill/Cti°ll4 s as reporters of the transactions at our Police 011ica' it will be observed, that the °Hew report of what mod at Bow-street appeared in the Brilish T rave ll er of the 4ai of aim alluded to, it Au gust last, and on the 11th, when the ease is ay is introduced by a good deal of editorial comment; the Jury, by their verdict, endeavoured distinctly to mark their sense of the difference between these comments and a report, of what passed before the Magistrate ; the verdict being returned specially, "Da mages 1001. upon the second libel, that of the 11th of August." As in several reports this important fact is wholly omitted, •I trust this explanation will remove the impression that the verdict was directed against the publication of police reports, and the unusual course adopted by the New Times, of publishing the names of the Jury, and the threat held out by the Chronicle, of its inten tion to continue that practice in all important cases, will not, I feel assured, deter Juries from acting consistently with the oath administered to them. The insertion of this in your first publication will oblige, Sir, your most obedient servant, London, Des. 23. ONE OF THE JURY. The writer of the above letter says, that " on the 11th, when the case is again alluded to, it is intro duced by a good deal of Editorial comment." On looking into the second libel, we find the following is what the Juryman calls a good deal of Editorial com ment : " PEACHUM AND LOCKIL our paper of Friday last, under the head Bow -street, we gave particulars of the robbery of a Scotchman, named Frazer, whose watch was snatched from his hand, run away with, and pawned at the shop of a man named "Luria, in the Strand, who refused to give it up, though aware of the robbery." With the exception of the heading, of which we cer tainly disapproVe, the rest of the comment is merely such an introduction as is usually given in cases which have been partially heard before, in order to render, the subsequent statement intelligible. Why should the Juryman consider our announcement of an intention to publish hereafter the names and additions of - Jurymen, " as a threat to deter Juries from acting consistently with the oath administered to them ?" The object we had in view, we distinctly stated, was the very reverse; namely, by adding to the responsibility of Jurymen, to strengthen their inducements to act consistently with the oath administered to them. Men who act under the consciousness that the attention of the country is directed to them, will be more likely to attend scrupulously to their oaths than if they knew that they were to be shrouded in obscurity. If this is not a sound doctrine, why do we deem publicity a guarantee for the purity of Judges? Why did Mr. Peel propose to let in light. on Committees of the House of Commons, as a means of correcting their habit of acting iniquitously ? Some people may probably think that the heavy punish ment of 100/. and costs,i amounting in all, we suppose, to between 300/. and 4001. is rather a severe punishment for the three words, " Peachum and Lockit," and that in catch ing at this ground the old adage was exemplified, "Any stick will do to beat a dog ;" but we are far from express ing this as our opinion. We do not say that the Jury have not done their duty; but merely, that whatever they have done, they shall take the responsibility of it. The following two names have been furnished to us, with the additions :—Josias Stansfdd, Esq., of Camberwell-grove, and the Old ,Trinity House, Water-lane, Tower-street ; John Robertson, Esq., Agent and Under-writer, 29, Abchurch-lane.-21forning 'Chronicle. Arrivals from' the Continent have been very nume rous in the course of to-day. From Holland the pri vate letters are of Friday last. The whole attention of the Dutch people were directed towards England and France ; the tranquillity of Europe depending on the unanimity of those powers in regard to the Affairs of the Peninsula. At Amsterdam, and throughout Hol land generally, implicit reliance was by no means placed on the protestations of the French King and his Ministers ; and a report was even current that French troops were actually moving gradually So wards the Pyrenees in several columns. This does not appear to be the case by advices obtained from the most authentic sources in Paris itself; not that such a movement would be considered, even in that capital, at all improbable,but not iMmediately, otberWitie the whole weight of the speeches of the Duke de Dames, M. Villele, and the other French,Ministers, would be lost. According also to the Paris intelligence obtained to-day, the French Government could, without any difficulty, march an army of 40,000 or 50,000 men-to the Spanish frontiers, in the course of only a. few days. Should such a step be really contemplated, it could not be concealed, as the merchants of London have frequent intercourse with those houses in the habit of supplying the Frel:cl troops with provisions, &c. The banking interest of France is certainly quieting as much as possible the fears of the pub lic of a rupture with Great Britain, in order to avoid any increased demand for'capital, the necessary consequence of a war. Not only would the Minister of Finance be thwarted in his plan for reducing the interest 'on the French Three per Cents, but he would be compelled to raise a new loan of several millions sterling.—lbid.- The profound ignorance of every thing connected with the administration of justice, which distinguishes the most eager of our . advocates for innovation, is almost incredible. A Morning Paper lately re marked " A Report which has been printed by order of the House of Com mons, on the subject of Commitments for Contempt' of Court, is, we trust, the forerunner only of some attempts on the part of the Legislature to cut away or restrain a branch of the equity pro cess, which is, in its origin and principle, - no less odious than in its practice. It seems liable to operate upon individuals with a severity often proportioned to their ignorance and incapacity of self-defence." In order to make out this grave accusation, it as sures its readers, that— " Imprisonment for contempt is not so often for the eatiolaction of , a debt, as for the conipultion of testimony, or under pretext of compelling it. It is known to be a continuation of the old pro em of the Star Chamber, and a worthy substitute for the Heine forte et there, had recourse to for the extortion of evidence, which could in no other way he obtained; but long since, in every form except the present, rejected with abhor rence b y t h e h umanity of the Law of England." This is, from the beginning to the end, sheer mis- take and ignorance. The process of contempt is issued by Courts of Common Law as well as of Equity : it has no more connection with the Star Chamber than any other branch of our law has.; it has nothing to do, either in its origin or in its prin ciple, with the peine forte et there, which, never hav ing been known in Courts of Equity, is introduced, we suppose, only to dazzle the vulgar with a show of knowledge ; and it neither is nor can be used for the extortion or compulsion of evidence. One subject has a ground of c omp l a i nt aga i nst anot h er, which is of such a nature that a remedy can be obtained only in a Court of Equity. He prefers his complaint to the proper tribun a l ; an o r d er is ma d e i n h i s favour ; the defendant refuses to obey this order ; and for this disobedience he is, at the demand of the plain tiff, and not otherwise, committed to prison. Im prisonment is the means, by which, through the medium of Courts of Justice, one man compels another to do him justice ; and lie who is corn. mitted to the Fleet, for disobeying the order of a Court of Equity, is neither more unfortunate, nor more harshly, treated, than the debtor who is taken in execution, in consequence of his not having satis fied a judgment of the King's Bench or Common Pleas. It is not long since the Lord Chancellor re marked, that persons committed by him for contempt were no more his prisoners than debtors, charged on execution for money owing by them, were the p risoners of the Judges of th e Ki ngs Bench or Common Pleas. The origin and principle of the process of contempt is so far from bein g odious, that it.is simply this —every Court of Justice must have the power of compelling the parties to a suit to obey its orders. Were it de prived of this authority, it would be in vain for tho injured to apply for its aid. If the Courts of Equity imposed upon parties what it is unreasonable for them to do, it would be right that the equitable jurisdiction should be, in that respect, abridged ; but we know not any one branch of that jurisdiction, which is not ab solutely essential to the purposes of justice. The plain tiff; for instance, has a right to the defendant's - answer upon oath, to all the matters which constitute the subject of dispute. The defendant, however, refuses to answer. What is to be done ? Is the plaintiff to be deprived of his right by the obstinacy of a defendant ? Or, out of regard to this obstinacy, is the whole principle.of the law to be alter ed ? And is anew doctrine to be introduced, that a defend ant need not answer, except he pleases ? To delay giving an answer is often of immense importance to a defendant. An executor or trustee has in his hands trust property to a large amount, which he is employing in his own trade, and, for his own profit, exposing to risk. lie knows that if he puts in an answer he must either commit perjury or state the amoinif of the funds which he so retains in his possession ; and that, if he state their amount, he will be ordered immediately to pay the sum into Court. To de fer, therefore, tho day of retribution as long as he can, he will not put in an answer till he is compelled by the dread of the process of the Court. Take away that process, and justice would be left in a _ state of 'the most contemptible weakness. But it is said, that " any man who pleases to file a bill against a person in obscure life and humble' cir cumstances, may get him incarcerated on pretence of his refusing to answer, when his only offence may have been a perfect ignorance of the forms of equity, or an inability to pay the enormous expense of getting an,attorney to prepare and put in an answer to the false allegations of his persecu tor.' We can conceive no means of making it impossible for a rich wicked man to harass s poor man in a Court of Equity, or in any other Court : for the former has, in a legal proceed , ing, money; and, consequently, the same advantages over the latter that he would possess in any other transaction: But this is a possible evil inseparahle from the co-existence of poverty and riches : it springs from the nature of man ; and it is in vain to expect that any human institution can guard. completely against it. A n innocent man may be punished. Are penal laws, therefore, to be abolished ? A Court of Equity cannot render it impossible for the opu lent to vex the poor With .Oppreisive litigation ' • but it affords them no a d vantages f or t h at p u rpose . lle who files a vexatious bill against a rich man is' sure to pay dearly for the experiment; he who files such a bill against a poor man must be actuated by a wanton lore of mischief, and will be brought to a severe account, the moment that his conduct is developed to the Court. In matters of this kind, it is mere waste of words to talk about possibilities. Let us look, - not to what may happen, but to what does happen. The rule has hitherto been, that rich and poor are the same in the view of a Court of Justice ; that a poor man must answer a bill as well as a rich man; and that the former, if he neither answers the bill, nor assigns a satisfactory reason for his omission, is amenable to the same process as the latter. Where . are the instances in which this rule has been abused? And even if it had been perverted in hundreds of instances, what inference could thence be drawn against the rule itself? Not a year passes in which juries do not return scores of verdicts contrary to the truth. Would any man in his senses pro pose, on that account, to abolish trial by Jury ?—New Times. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Thursday last, an inquisition was taken before Chas. Lawrence, Esq., one of the Coroners for this Borough, and a very respectable' Jury of tradesmen, on view of the body of a woman named Ellen Coglan. James Heywood, jun. son of a hatter of the same name, of Oldhall-street, knew the deceased, who had for years past lived with F. Coglan, a hair-dresser, in a Small house next door but one to witness's father's shop. They lived together as man and wife, but he believed they were never married. They were both much addicted to drinking. He had frequently known them to qua t rrel when drunk, and Coglan had frequently beaten the deceased, but he had not known him to beat her for several months past. He did not see theM together on Monday lust. He was in Coglan's house on Saturday night, and saw the deceased there, sober and in apparent good health. He also'saw her walking out on Sunday,but had not seen her since. About eight on Tuesday morning Coglan came to witness's father's house, and said he had found the deceased dead upon the floor; that she had been carried home drunk on the night before, and lain on th e fl oor a ll n i g h t; and that he ha d been in bed up stairs, and got up atfouro'clock in the morning to , ask her to go to bed, when he found her still on the floor, and as she did not answer him, he went to bed again, and remained there until just before he came to their house, when upon - getting up, he found she was dead. Witness told him to get some assistance to lay her out. About nine o'clock Coglan came again, and asked witness to •go and look at the deceased . ; he ac cordingly went, and found her lying dead on the floor, with all her clothes on, Margaret Caton, a. poor charwoman, residing in Cotter court, Chapel-street,had known Coglan and the deceased many years. Between eight and nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, she was sent for to Coglan's house, where she saw the deceased lying on the floor. She undressed her, and assisted in laying her out, and found no marks of vio lence about her person. She remained in the' house until seven o'clock the next, morning, when a coffin and hearse was brought from the workh ouse , i n w hi c h the corpse was removed to the parish cemetery for buriel. Mary Regan was &servant to Mr. John Abbott Kaye, who keeps a public-house in Chapel -street. She knew the deceased by her frequently coming to their house for liquor. Between three and four o'clock on Monday after noon, the deceased came and stood. by the counter, and asked for a glass of rum, but changed her mind, and called for brandy. She appeared to be tipsy, and witness gave her half a gill, Imperial measure, of British brandy, which she drank off, and afterwards asked for another glass. Witness objected to her haying any more, but she insisted on it, and said she would get it elsewhere. Witnesathen filled another glass for her, which she was unable to drink, and turned round to go out of the house; but as soon as she reached the door, she fell down in a state of insensibility. Witness then called a - black man, named Lewis Brown, who was then in the house and gave him the glass of bra n dy *Melt 'the decea sed had left, to' induci him to carry ber,horne. Francis Coglan came to the house afterwards in the course of the evening, very much intoxi cated, but remained only a few minutes. Mr. Thomas 'William Davies, a surgeon, deposed that he had examined the body of the deceased. There were no external marks of violence, hilt she appeared to have been strongly convulsed before death. Ile had no doubt that she died from excessive drinking. The Jury returned a verdict in concurrence with the surgeon's opinion.—Liveirool Chronicle. , Dac. 24.—0 n Saturday the Bath market may be said to have been a perfect picture. Fowls, or as they term them,.chicketia, ls. lOd. each; Geese, fine large fat ones, 6s. each; excellent Turkeys 9.. and 10s. each ; haunches of Mutton, 6 45 1 . and 7 d, per lb. ; Minton generally sixp ence per lb. ; slid Beef. roasting-and boiling, and of the best quality, some of it prise best, for thola.wbo were disposed for extra fat, at 6d. per lb. It may he unnscassary to remark, that in London like meats are charged at ten pence and one shilling per lb. Will Sir John Sinclair, youngl‘fr.--Webb Hall, or coma of th e agr ic u lt ura l conjurers, ex p lain how thaw things happen ? • Ia RoGREss or ImPßovituzicr.—The first at teraptlnade to introduce gas as a masthead light at tea, was tried on board the, Lord illayney steam-packet, on Saturday last.-- The plan, it is expected, will succeed, and if so, will, no doubt, be adopted in other steamer's. The gas used was bottled in London, about two months ago.--Macclea„fied .Herald. On Sunday evening, the 10th current ten young goats (the property of a respectable tenant On Lord Cawdorh estate) were found under the snow, and known to be in that si tuation from the *44lt November. This is said to be aingidar with regard to goats, although common as to sheep. These poor ani -Urals were 16 days shut 'out from - the light of day; and, when discovered, appeared nothing the worse ihr- their interment,— Dunifrin Courier. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, DEC. 29. Allison, E. and T., Leeds—Star, Manchester-2 Brown, J. and A., Neweastle-upon-Tyne—George, Nowastle _ _ upon-Tyne-11 Bonn and Allen, Worcester—llopmarket inn, Worcester-- 12 Barnes, L., Heywood—White's, Manchester-12 Booth, L., Heywood—White's, Manchester-12 Chrisp, S., Peterborough—George and Angel, Stamford -11 Croaadill, G., Canterbury—Guildhall, Canterbury- 11 Dobson. J., Hesketh, Lancashire—Messrs.Clarke, C., Nantwieh—Crown, Nantwieh-10 Pittrington Awl Co. Preston-10 Dodson, J., Over—White Bear, Aliddlewieb-4 , Edwards, J., Halifax—Mr. Norris, Halifax-11 Elwin, C., Norwich—Rampant Horse, Norwich—A ) ? French, J. sen., Frome Selwood—Messre. Rotton & Co. From, Selwood—l I Griffith,, T., Balton—Star, -Manchester--10 Grimshaw, J., Manehester—White's Manehester-- 9 Haynes and Co., Swansea, Public rooms, Swansea--• I 2 Halls, S., Stowmarket--King's Head, Stowmarket- 11 Jones, 0., Liverpool—Golden Lion, Liverpool—l Merrick, W., Bristol—Mr. Greville, Bristol-1I Mitchell, T., Leicester_.Rutland Arms, Leicester- 10 Nicholson, J., Rochdale—Mr. Norris, Halifax-1 I Nickolls, J., Killington Mills--King's Arms, Oxford -11 1 Richards, W., Fif s h ea d Magdalen—Bell, Shshesbn7 - ^ -11 Shelley, T., Lewes—Star, Lewes-10 Taylor, J., Golear—King's Head, Huddersfield--I Walker, H., Preston—Blanchard, Preston—l Welsh, A., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds--I1 Willeinent, W., Colchester—Swan, Norwich.- 4 Wa9d, J., Wooldale---Pack Horse, Huddersfield_'? petliistiriSonOsL,ltoyEbeNTSheatiPDPaL:cl.ll2oNri,G,ugataiTN_Osintre:; DulnS:lo7llnl,Ad flinOnEy?leid,, Clough,'l., Bristol, shoemaker ' Golds Worthy, J., Marebniont-streit, attorney Rune place, Dec- 8 0 - 'Bailey, T., Birmingham, gun stoat maker Batten, W., Rupert-street, coach-maker Bullivant, J., Lambeth, broker Bushell, J., fleawort!), Middlesex, carpenter Chadwick, J., 011.34°r-street, stationer Cook, W., Newton, Yorkshire, coal-dealer Cooke, L., Kennington Cross, draper Davey, F., Cromer -street, carpenter Davey, W., St. Pancras, builder Ferrier, W., Little Bell-alloy, oilman Ilartga, D., Kingsland-road, labourer Lawrence, J. Lynn, clerk Muller, E., Stepney, dealer Page, G., Whitecross-street, general dealer Shoat, J., Shafteehury, stone-mason ~. ~~ LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. II in. t he The highest price of Bread in the M e tropolis is 9 2' tire 41h. Lnaf—There wee otlivri who sell from a halfpenny t° pence halfpenny below that price.' PRICE OF SEEDS.—Dee. 45. , ~,v 19. New English Red Clover Seed (per Girt ) "Ps on e ' Kti . ................ ....... . gm . Old Ditto Ditto. ' Xs. 40. 6 " A 4,' etc. New Foreign Ditto.-- Ma eloe. a" R''• 45i. Old Ditto Ditto 2B 4tjs• tin e -- • Mg• New White Clover Ms 50- ti ne . so. 16 , Os. ti n :se a . P. Ito• ''' Old Ditt - o: Neor Trefoi OM Ditti Rib Oral . '7.. His. tine • • 24k. ro. ant i• 3:51. 974. 3f).. Ant Yu. 1.7. tine 7114. mew 3:14. 424. 444. doe- A. sew *it 40 1 . 4ei. new .434• 41.. tine 30. Ae3Ps. Art 4. English Carrawvy Seed . Foreign Ditto Cotial St. Foin Quarter), Rya Gnu Facet' Ditto, Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing-- -- Canary Seed, New-90s. 10... fine 110 s. ! I L Thic White Unitard Seed — 4 ' ; ns. 2 0 5 , gat OIL Brown Ditto 40 . Ora Turnip Seeds Rounds,. ' • • 4 7: 4 m, fine — 4 . e Green and Rid 06 • 'I. Tl i a r e e PSeed ° English , °d fin Ds. e (per ticl Las Ane t) Ch4l° l l. to 2' Rape op, brown Linseed Oil Linseed Oil C.: ---- PRICE OF 011. NI. Os. Reined 27 n 14 tape CAC, per ton. /dill, per th(' - 7; - z.:ql rnham, tine (Pockets) PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)--Pec. Ken Pockets. Pap. t I. to 61: CA.. Keit 31. si. te it, N. Vaasa SI 4 . ifis. 41. 44. to 41. Ilk. i tel 3/. I(1 0 . 1-1481— Oa. 4/. IN A. to V. ss. Wi ser.. 3/. N. V. IN, tot/. 1(2+: 7/. Is. to 12.t.--Seconds, a Or, 0 'Ph (v PRICE OF POTATOES...4W. f 5. yorkshirs Kidneys M. M. to 01. Os, per Tots. VEJI ar lot:les and Shows V. Ss. to St 10s. aitto. h ChamPi004—.....«.....--••••... 4/• 01. to PRICES OF 'Per lb. d. d. Butts--50 to 20 to to 93 to 24 Dressing Hides l3 to 15 Fine Coach Hides 15 to 17 Crop Hides, as to 401 b... 14 to 14i Ditt0—......45 to 501 b.— 15 to 17 17 to 10 l'or lb. r„ Tanned Homo Hideo... le to l' Spanish Ditt0............. It to 111 I'er dozen. l ' , Calf Akins.... Sti to 40Ib. Id to -- llittO ......... SO to 70)11. 0 1 IXtto .....—......... 70 to OM• tt tO, Small Boald, Oretaland. IA to 11 RAW LEATH , Per Stone. r. Best Heifers and Steers 2 S to 3 2 Middlings _ 2 4 to t: 6 $. Pkte Ikon& a $ Ordinary . Na7OO. Market Cal( SHEEP SKIN& Fells-25.3d. to is. (h!. f Lambs—N.od. to o'4. Ott. rant 0..9"." E TS. • —FRMAY, N. I', From " 0 SI ' 1 3.4 0i Wheat, per barrel 20 atone ° is se 0 so 339 Be ßore ldetoise 1 7 2 a l 0 16 WS Barley 16 gone " l° 5 n 0 ' t. 2'183 Oats 14 stone IS 0 go . lg ON 10,62 S Cwt. Flour...* 9 stone ‘ O , g 3 0 187 Oatmeal II atone w Sold to Ilakerii only. 7,158 Cwt. Flour .........;••••••••• • • • .M ........, Average price of Wheat snaly IRISH MARI DUBLIN NA.AKET NOT] I y ~0 lb 0 put Uie• 90 o I per lack•. «Via Loa( Ob. " g ' -- rims OF ER Quarttrn Loaf. 41b. So:. Hal LAD. flquaton '. - !m . Barley. barrel Re : bar I . - ii. 16171: 1110-409 16 0.-1110 0 0.49 1 ..i.(0..... Or 0... CO -A.- 00 40.40 ISO.- 0 100-.00 15°-'l9 150-160 1,11.-110 l'T fr. 0 151.- 00 10 6--i l 200.- 0 leo-. 00 1i0.... 00 00* 00 '0 0.!. 0 00.- no-. oo too—,,oe ro- - on pei barrel Re . r barrel - 20 - atone, 16 dotted 14 stone: e. d. a &IL s. cl. a s.d. `s.d. a 4 . 4.,, Cork 43 0.48 iq o_4o 160.- 17 o Limerick .: 0.... 0 —11.; , (1 o—', A 2 0 0 Waterfird 26 0—.28 6 17 0-20 0 15 0--=‘ , Galway ... VS 4-91 31 3 0-4/ lb .2-16. Clonmel ..., 29 4-29 9190 A 13 g"'" ° ° Tralee...... 46 61-28 8 16 8-17 4 15 2-15 9 Car10w...,,. 0 0-40 0 00-0 0 0.0-- 0 0 8e1feet...... 288-3170 96 0 0 17 9 00 -- -- utter 11h. Beef, Mutton, Veal, Pork, per lb. ,per lb. • par 141 . 7 rat, e. d • 4. I.lt, d. ad . a d. L. a d s. cf. a 4. 6. • d n ' 1 4066 00 n U 0 Cork o—o 0 —0 0 -0 . 24 0-2 0 _ 0 ° 2 Limerick— 0 o—o 0 •-• Waterford 0 —0 0— o 0 —0 24 0--*. ."*. 0 "'", 4 le Galway-0 —0 o—oo—o 00 0—'1" " 134 065 - 6 0 " Clonmel 3 —4;4 s *6B 32 0 _34 30 66 60 0 Carlleow 0 —.O 0• 0 0 ... 00 90 0 0 Trae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belts" e- 6di V 6 71 0--3 3 0 8° 131 W rein-st LIM tree, the Lady of Licit... Colonel On the 23d.in Dawkins, M.P., of a son Ist.. in On the 23d init., at MARRIFL). Of Gruivine—strest, Brunswick-6quart), it) Miss ° St. Pancra; Clturt b, mond, Surrey. ' ---- ' DIED. On the 22d inst., at Tooting , Snrr e y , in her twist y eer, fah ', Welch, wallet of the late Sir Richard Welch, of Eitharn, gi n ". , On the 21st inst., at A.seington 1101, of an apoplectic seise the Rev. John Hallward, M.A. Vicar Of .Aasingtan, and gi‘ to of Milden, in the County of S uffolk, aged '77. ',Ail, On the IRth inst., a fen , days after his return from -- Edwarcl Alleyn Evanson, Captain of his braitvety'ab4th 11,,igt'• On the 22d inst., after a short illness, et Mason hill, P A rn s r ley, Kent, Mrs. Pieters, relict of the late John Vireo* ".- t in the 74th year of her age . he On the 19th init., at Hatboro, near North Cave, aged hi' t. Rev. James Stillingfleet , M .A., above 55 years' Rector of 111 : plate. He wo a lineal descendant of the celebrated Bishop St"' lingfleet. • . 22d inst„ of apoexy, at the h ous e of Sfre. Turnefe in Vppe Oa the r Nirimpole-street, pl Lucretia Grace, the wife of Dr. Tut nor, of CUITAII-street, and eldest daughter of the lot* Sir lo f t ' Blois, Blois, Hit t.t of Coekhold-holli;lll;theiCounty of , Suffolk. Printed i. 4 pebp s h e d hy youNG. tke ihne-Orftcso Net Ills EWAN& i